Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

The remains of the great moral philosopher reside in a university in London.

The majority of the museum's large collection is held in a storage space open to the public a few times a year.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

There's an exclusive Beefeaters pub hidden in the Tower of London.

The fierce beast perches atop a pedestal marking where the historic City of London gates once stood.

Where condemned pirates met their grisly end at the gallows on the River Thames.

A museum wholly devoted to juvenescence.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.

A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.

Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.

Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

The pioneer of psychoanalysis spent the final year of his life here, still seeing patients on that famous couch.

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

The London pub overlooks where the Mayflower was moored before setting sail for the New World.

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

This beautiful Victorian ironwork masterpiece was built to keep London from smelling like poop.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.